The lunch in French restaurant

Last 21th of december, we went to the French restaurant. This restaurant is located near QingLiang Moutain Park. The weather is very cold that day, we took the bus to there.
At first, we was looking around the restaurant, it is not European style but designed by Chinese style. The lights are like the big chinese red light, and there is a red portiere near the door. As we know, red is a symbol of color of Chinese which always used in New Year.
We began to have our delicious French lunch at 10:30. The first dish was salad, made by little tomatos, lettuce and cukes with soy sauce. It tasted just like common we ate in Pizza Hot or other restaurant, but the dish looks more beatiful and colorful than common. After we ate completely, the waitress came and change our table knife to soup spoon. The secound dish was soap that made by pumpkin, butter and fresh fruit juice. It was looked different and tasted salty. The main course came after maybe 20 minutes, we all hungry and looked forward it. Soon, the waitress came change our soap spoon to a special knife (the handle was made by wood and the knife was zigzag). The main course are wings of chicken or duck I don’t know exactly, and some cutlet. It was the most delicious food which I ate that day! After main course, the last dish is apple pie that tasted between sweet and sour.
The manner is more important if we eat foreign meat. Sitting like a prince or princess, it means you must be gentle. Don’t make loud noise, don’t speaking when you are eating, eat slowly, and so on are manners that grade 12 students told us.
Finally, we thanked for waitresses and waiters in our room and the owner of this restaurant (Hugo’s mother). I think this is a interesting and useful way that I can learn the manner of eating.

a fantastic exihibition in Nanjing University

On 4th of December, my class went to enjoyed a fantastic exhibition in Nanjing University. It's called "The Exhibition of Wu WeiShan". Most of the artworks are sculptures in the exhibition.
As the topic said, all of the artworks in this exhibition were made by one artist, his name is Wu WeiShan. Mr.Wu is one of the most famous artists in the world, he earned the Pangolin Prize, this is the first time that a Asian got Pangolin Prize. So I was very exciting that I have a chance to saw Mr.Wu's artworks.
My favourite sculpture is “ Gounsa Only to Leisure—Lin FengMian”. This artwork was made by Wu WeiShan in 2006. This is a person called Lin FengMian. He is an artist of Chinese painting. This sculpture shows Mr.Lin leaning on a object like a stone. He puts one leg on another leg. His arm-crossed before his chest. His head is small, and maybe he had short or no hair on that time so that I could not saw it on the sculpture. Look at his face, two little eyes but I felt them bright and shinning. His nose and mouth are small, too. However, he has two big ears. Mr.Lin was smiled. He wears a long dust coat, the hem of it was floating in the air. He was a old man but spirited. This sculpture made by stones. Mr.Wu did not put any colors on the artwork. The texture of it is slippy. Though this sculpture, as if I saw the alive Mr.Lin before us.
Now, I feel the artwork is not 100% realistic. As some of people know, Mr.Lin is a great artist who changed the way and design of Chinese painting. So, we have today’s Chinese painting better than ancient. This artwork made me think about the picture painted by Lin FengMian. Like Lin’s picture, the artists used their imaginative and creative to made arts. When I looked at the eyes of the person, I thought it lively that I can receive a strong feeling from them. I fell Mr.Lin was good-tempered and friendly, maybe he want to tell us how to make arts and what the art is. Mr.Wu made this sculpture, his intention is to make us feel Lin FengMian’s character, though his artwork we can understand Mr.Lin and go into his heart.
I like this artwork because it is synthesized imagination and realism together in a new way. It’s the characteristic of Mr.Wu’s artwork. In this sculpture, Mr.Wu has not made a subject of Lin drawing pictures as the common way. He presents a picture of Lin’s life. It’s a special way that another artists seldom used. It show for us a real Lin FengMian. After I saw this exhibition, I always pay more attention on famous sculptures, I think every sculpture have their own life, all of them are arts. If I look forward to one day, I have the chance to learn and make one sculpture by myself, this is a fantastic thing for me.